History of changes

Neat Image v8 standalone

Version 8.4

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:

GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti

Titan V

Titan RTX

Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 2.x and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.4.

Added support for several AMD GPUs:

Radeon RX 540 / 540X / 550 / 550X

Radeon Pro WX 2100 / 3100

Note: Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.

Version 8.2

Re-implemented support for pre-GCN GPUs based on the following chip series:
Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman
These include most 57xx/58xx/59xx and 67xx/68xx/69xx cards.

Improved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest cameras from Fujifilm and some other manufacturers

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.1

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080, Titan X (Pascal).Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 1.3 and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 2.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.1.

Added support for new AMD GPUs: Radeon RX 460/470/480Note: due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported.
In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series:
Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.
The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.1 on Windows is:
Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin.

More accurate profiling of Very Low and Ultra Low frequencies when using small selection

Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges are now always automatically processed and can be separately adjusted

Enhanced Edge Smoothing function

Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges

Optimized workflow

Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for noise analysis.In addition, larger areas can be used for building profile when possible.
Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.

Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose area without details while profiling

Overall noise levels of the current selection and of the whole current profile are displayed in Device Noise Profile panel (in Advanced Mode).Quick evaluation of the noise level helps to find the most suitable area for analysis.

Better grouping of filter settings.Filter modules can be enabled/disabled individually to evaluate effect of each module on the overall result.

Version 8.4

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:

GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti

Titan V

Titan RTX

Note 1: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 2.x and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.4.

Note 2: Apple's recently released OS X 10.14 (Mojave) does not support CUDA. NVIDIA is working with Apple to get Mojave to support CUDA. Meanwhile Neat Image will only be able to utilize NVIDIA GPUs on OS X 10.13.x and below.

Added support for new AMD GPUs:

Radeon Pro Vega 16 / 20

Radeon Pro Vega Frontier Edition

Radeon Pro WX 7100 / 9100

Note: due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.

Version 8.3

Added a set of generic noise profiles to help preparing a noise profile in a situation when a photo contains no areas suitable for analysis by Auto Profile and no pre-buit profiles are available

Improved hardware compatibility with AMD GPUs

Added support for AMD Radeon Pro 555/560/570/575/580

Added support for AMD Radeon RX 460/470/480/560/570/580

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.2

Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs

Added support for new MacBook Pro GPUs: Radeon Pro 450/455/460

Added support for Radeon RX 460/470/480 and similar GPUs

Improved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest cameras from Fujifilm and some other manufacturers

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.1

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080, Titan X (Pascal).Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 1.3 and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 2.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.1.

Due to changes in GPU drivers, toolkits and development tools GPU support is now only available in 64-bit versions on Mac OS X and Linux. 32-bit versions will still be able to work in CPU-only mode.

Improved Unicode support

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.0

Higher quality of noise reduction

High Quality mode for better detail preservation and sharper image(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than Normal Quality)

Highest Quality mode for better detail preservation(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than High Quality)

More accurate profiling of Very Low and Ultra Low frequencies when using small selection

Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges are now always automatically processed and can be separately adjusted

Enhanced Edge Smoothing function

Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges

Optimized workflow

Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for noise analysis.In addition, larger areas can be used for building profile when possible.
Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.

Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose area without details while profiling

Overall noise levels of the current selection and of the whole current profile are displayed in Device Noise Profile panel (in Advanced Mode).Quick evaluation of the noise level helps to find the most suitable area for analysis.

Better grouping of filter settings.Filter modules can be enabled/disabled individually to evaluate effect of each module on the overall result.

Version 8.4

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:

GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti

Titan V

Titan RTX

Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 2.x and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.4.

Added support for several AMD GPUs:

Radeon RX 540 / 540X / 550 / 550X

Radeon RX Vega 56 / Vega 64

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Radeon Pro WX 2100 / 3100

Note: Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.

Version 8.3

Added a set of generic noise profiles to help preparing a noise profile in a situation when a photo contains no areas suitable for analysis by Auto Profile and no pre-buit profiles are available

Ensured compatibility with AMD Radeon RX 560/570/580

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.2

Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs

Added support for Radeon RX 460/470/480

Improved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest cameras from Fujifilm and some other manufacturers

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.1

Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080, Titan X (Pascal).Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 1.3 and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 2.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.1.

Due to changes in GPU drivers, toolkits and development tools GPU support is now only available in 64-bit versions on Mac OS X and Linux. 32-bit versions will still be able to work in CPU-only mode.

Improved Unicode support

Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras

Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 8.0

Higher quality of noise reduction

High Quality mode for better detail preservation and sharper image(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than Normal Quality)

Highest Quality mode for better detail preservation(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than High Quality)

More accurate profiling of Very Low and Ultra Low frequencies when using small selection

Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges are now always automatically processed and can be separately adjusted

Enhanced Edge Smoothing function

Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges

Optimized workflow

Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for noise analysis.In addition, larger areas can be used for building profile when possible.
Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.

Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose area without details while profiling

Overall noise levels of the current selection and of the whole current profile are displayed in Device Noise Profile panel (in Advanced Mode).Quick evaluation of the noise level helps to find the most suitable area for analysis.

Better grouping of filter settings.Filter modules can be enabled/disabled individually to evaluate effect of each module on the overall result.